Victoria’s post office opened in 1882, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Victoria was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 2 buildings.
How Victoria began
When was Victoria founded?
The Victoria post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
How historic is Victoria?
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Victoria’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Victoria is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Victoria’s 17.8 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
1 historic place in Victoria
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone and burying grounds
Victoria’s post office has been open since 1882.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Victoria’s history
What year was Victoria founded?
The Victoria post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Victoria rank for history?
Victoria is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Victoria?
One place: the Robert Raiford Home and Farm (listed 1998).
How old are the homes in Victoria?
4% of Victoria’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.7 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1979.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.